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Conference I'd ScsSiOn-C0ncOrd-Gn2
Day.


Dcuy Nci1hJ0r: Friday, April %, be-
| fore breakfast, the p. +. and the L. g.
boarded the train for LccSvllc, thence
per buggy to +. y. Warrcn's for break
fast.
No need to say that this section
liad wind that day and the next
Never before had I seen such clouds
of dust and sand as the wind lifted
FROM the fields and roads and carried them
whithersocvcr it listed.
After capital sermon by DR.. Jones
came the Confrrcnce-elevcn Of the sin
teen officials present. In the course OF
the prescribed routine Of business John
d. Rikarl and IL. Thompson Rikard were
licensed to cxhort; George y. Fulmer
and D. d. D. Mitchell were elected dele
gates to the District Conference; y. 3
Bouknight and +. a. Warren were cho-
sen as Reserves.
Amount raised during the quarter iol
the ministry something in advance OF
what it was this time last year. In addl-
ton to this $lS.l5 was reported on LAST
gears claim--paid out pro rGtoto the min
istry, p. Z. and p. c. last year. The scs'
sion was pleasant and harmonious all
through.
We dined together at John w. Spann's,
and after some church business, at p.
M. the p. +. left with J. a. j. Mitchell,
en- route to hold Conference with pastor
Vaughan and his people. I abidcd still
with friend John. At night-meeting
"Uncle'' Joel Warren [cXhorterl gave
the people an appropriate talk. We were
all glad to hear words from the vcnera-
ble servant of God us he sat ia part of the
timel in his chair.
Preaching by the pastor Oh Saturday.
Walked home with uncle J.W. to dill
ncr. His wife has not been able to get to
meeting since I have been her pastor.
These dear old people speak hopefully oi
their future home.
Ats D. m. tho old gentleman walked
with me to the public road where Willie
Mitchell took me in his buggy. On our
way to his home we called to sec "Unclc,
John Miller who was quito sick and fur
thcr on we turned in to sec Bro. Boland,
who also was in bed sick. A pastor
should give preference to the sick, the
poor, the widows sin afllictiOn' and the
aged and the iniirm. 1t was nearly dark
when We reached Willic's home where
he has 4 mother, sister, and bet
ter-halr' recently and happily added.
This trio of ladies will help TO keep their
Willie straight-though think he is al
ready one of my Straightest members.
Returning to church Sabbath morning |
learned that the sick friends were "about
the same" The Sunday School exercises
were Of interest. The congregation wss
unusually large-rathcr suspect some OF
them had expected to hear the p. i. Rev.
L. O. Watson came up unexpectedly to
me Just at preaching time, but he de-
cincd to preach Tor me or in the shoes OF
the absent 2. l.. But consented to preach
ut 5 p. m. which he did-and we were all
glad to hear what he said. The commun-
ion, following the morning sermon,
brought many to the table.
A.quartcrly meeting does not look like
one without the Presiding Elder, but we
all tried to do toward the hest we could
after Dr.. Jones left us.
dired Sabbath with that stirring tur-
pentinc farmer, Mr.. Cook, or rather with
him and his family, and then slept four
minutes before the "chaps' and l drove
mule down to tho church. Said mule
was safe and good looking but seemed as
unwilling to go to meeting that evening
as some members of the church. Some
how things fell cut so that sundown
found mo at Tom Warrcns taking tea,
and, rather contrary to the calculations OF
Tom and "John" they, as aforctimc, gave
me pleasant ride to Lccsvillc-this time
by moonlight.
Thinking back on the quarterly meet
ing, one among other pleasant facts re-
memhcrcd is that of the face Of my friend
Mack Mitchell among the kcari~g wor-
shippers on Sabbath morning.
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